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[Deathlike]

So, I guess it's that weekend... double XP weekend, where I find an excuse to grind something I like (or rather, don't like, but an interested to find out something from the mech).

I am willing to be trolled or trolling you, so here's your chance to see my ELO battered further by grinding bad mechs.

Though, I completely regret grinding the C4... I wanted to do a poll of variants I hadn't grinded, but meh.

So, it boils down to two options:
1) Dragon - I like the Quickdraw better, but perhaps hit and run would be interesting for a change. I do it enough as is with other variants, so it's something worth trying (and whining about).

2) Awesome - One of the infamously bad barn doors mechs, I will get to find out how bad this disaster happens to be... and not just keep wondering why I practically never see PBs on the field. I will field the following variants unless someone can suggest a reason to try a different variant (excluding the PB, because I'm not paying for a known disaster): 8Q, 8T, and 9M.

You can suggest mechs that I have not mastered, but that's limited to what I've listed on my sig, and including the Commando, Jagermech (I had enough fun with a BJ, thanks ), Orion, and Kintaro. I will lean towards the two primary mechs listed, unless you can give a compelling reason why I should try a specific mech.

[Ngamok]

First voter !

Edit: BTW, on my alt account I bought an Awesome to test it out as well. It's no worse off than most other mechs with people's claims on barn doors. Do I brawl with it? No, it's an 8Q, 3xlRM15s, 1xLL, 2xML, 1xTAG. But I don't see all the damage just hitting my CT every time. It's no Centurion with it's super slim CT either.

Edited by Ngamok, 10 October 2013 - 10:56 AM.

[Deathlike]

I know the "troll" option would be popular.

[zhajin]

grind the spiders. the 5v in particular is just painful to grind...

wish they did this next weekend so i could grind the locust. that one may just sit unused for a good long time...

[Deathlike]

zhajin, on 10 October 2013 - 10:58 AM, said:

grind the spiders. the 5v in particular is just painful to grind...

wish they did this next weekend so i could grind the locust. that one may just sit unused for a good long time...

I'm leaning towards waiting for some upcoming light tourney for that. I'm sure it would be annoying to be included in the Spider trolling meta, but it is the only JJ-capable ECM mech that intrigues me... outside of the 5V.

[Ngamok]

zhajin, on 10 October 2013 - 10:58 AM, said:

grind the spiders. the 5v in particular is just painful to grind...

wish they did this next weekend so i could grind the locust. that one may just sit unused for a good long time...

Same. I'll master my Phoenix variant, but the other two I am pretty sure will get sold once I 8/8 Basic them.

Deathlike, on 10 October 2013 - 10:55 AM, said:

I know the "troll" option would be popular.

If given the option between Yes and No, I would have picked Yes. But when you include that magical word that everyone associates with, I'll pick Troll every time.

[CygnusX7]

I should grind Orion's belt.

Edited by CygnusX7, 10 October 2013 - 11:39 AM.

[DONTOR]

You will be frustrated, with both the dragon and the awesome. Try the commando! You will have way more fun, and your face will hurt from smiling at the end of the weekend.

[zhajin]

Deathlike, on 10 October 2013 - 11:07 AM, said:

I'm leaning towards waiting for some upcoming light tourney for that. I'm sure it would be annoying to be included in the Spider trolling meta, but it is the only JJ-capable ECM mech that intrigues me... outside of the 5V.

I waited months, hopping for a spider hero. just to avoid griding the 5v...

[Jin Ma]

dunno about you guys but i'll be grinding out my cataphract. If i could ever afford to buy the other variants.

either that or pokemon

[Deathlike]

DONTOR, on 10 October 2013 - 12:40 PM, said:

You will be frustrated, with both the dragon and the awesome. Try the commando! You will have way more fun, and your face will hurt from smiling at the end of the weekend.

I'll try that after the Locust comes out... something to pick on at some point.

[Jack Avery]

If you want an idea of the mess that is the Pretty Baby's hardpoints, try the AWS-8V instead. Very similar, much slower, and not much fun at all. I never could find a loadout that I liked.

[JDH4mm3r]

trolled ;-)

[Deathlike]

Jack Avery, on 10 October 2013 - 03:21 PM, said:

If you want an idea of the mess that is the Pretty Baby's hardpoints, try the AWS-8V instead. Very similar, much slower, and not much fun at all. I never could find a loadout that I liked.

Well, I'm primarily aiming for the "best" Awesome variants, as the bad ones aren't a priority to me. I'm only aware that the 8R is the best missile boat...

TBH, I'm not sure what I can do for the 8V... it seems like it would have enough hardpoints to do something... but then again...

I will post my findings in this thread though:
http://mwomercs.com/...-unlucky-dozen/

Going to update it in a few.

[Thejuggla]

Eww at choice, I've had both (3 awesomes 1 dragon) while dragon was my 3rd mech purchase and I am kind of disappointed in selling it. I am kind of interested in giving it another shot but doesnt seem like a practical idea compared to trying a new chassis. Being said the dragon is kind of a crippling choice by the sound of it(everyone says the ct is too damn big!!!)Reading your sig I recommend the victor, even though I don't own one, given your sig it's probably the best choice. Another choice would be maybe orion I quite enjoy that chassis.

[NRP]

I was drinking and driving mechs last weekend; consequently, buying a Raven 4X on sale seemed like a good idea. It wasn't, but I probably be grinding that one.

[Deathlike]

Thejuggla, on 10 October 2013 - 05:01 PM, said:

Eww at choice, I've had both (3 awesomes 1 dragon) while dragon was my 3rd mech purchase and I am kind of disappointed in selling it. I am kind of interested in giving it another shot but doesnt seem like a practical idea compared to trying a new chassis. Being said the dragon is kind of a crippling choice by the sound of it(everyone says the ct is too damn big!!!)Reading your sig I recommend the victor, even though I don't own one, given your sig it's probably the best choice. Another choice would be maybe orion I quite enjoy that chassis.

I am planning to grind for it before an Assault tourney. It is in the best part of the "bucket" list of mechs to grind.

[Xeno Phalcon]

Locust, Shadowhawk, Thunderbolt and Battlemaster of course!



Owait.....

[Lord Perversor]

Deathlike, on 10 October 2013 - 10:52 AM, said:

So, I guess it's that weekend... double XP weekend, where I find an excuse to grind something I like (or rather, don't like, but an interested to find out something from the mech).

I am willing to be trolled or trolling you, so here's your chance to see my ELO battered further by grinding bad mechs.

Though, I completely regret grinding the C4... I wanted to do a poll of variants I hadn't grinded, but meh.

So, it boils down to two options:
1) Dragon - I like the Quickdraw better, but perhaps hit and run would be interesting for a change. I do it enough as is with other variants, so it's something worth trying (and whining about).

Personally go for the Dragons, lot of ppl bash them but that's just due the perceived on your face fight mentality from most of players.

Good for skirmish playstyle, fast maneurable and with a balanced loadout. Just remember to avoid using under 300 engines most of the time.

[aniviron]

I voted Awesomes, of course. It looks like that won't win, but if you do, here's my advice:

Get the 8Q first. It is relatively cheap to upgrade the stock config to a reasonable 3/4 PPC setup; really, you just need DHS, and I'm guessing you have a 275 or 300 std laying around. Move all the PPCs to the torsi.

Skip the 8T. There's no reason to have it. The four arm mounted energy hardpoints will just frustrate you; they're so low and so wide they get blocked by ridges, buildings, hills, friendly mechs, and occasionally even modest-sized boulders. The fact that you only get two torso mounted missile slots doesn't help, since both SRMs and LRMs are pointless unless you have them en masse. Get the 8R instead and run 4SRM6 + 2ppc/llas or 4LRM15.

Get the 9M last. If you really hate the other two, that means you can just not get the 9M. Otherwise, the mech itself is like 12m if I recall, and you will probably want a 380/5 engine for it, which means another 7m cbills. You'll need to strip out all the weapons as well (maybe not the streaks) and will then have to buy more large energy weapons if you don't want to cannibalize the 8Q, which means even more money. Really, the only bright side is that it comes with DHS. Smurfy puts my current 9M build at 19m cbills.

NRP, on 10 October 2013 - 05:17 PM, said:

I was drinking and driving mechs last weekend; consequently, buying a Raven 4X on sale seemed like a good idea. It wasn't, but I probably be grinding that one.

Try it with 2ml + ac10/lb10. It's not fast, and it's not good, but it makes the best of a bad situation, and if you attach yourself to an assault lance it does a surprising amount of damage. Your atlas will thank you, delivering 40-60 damage to the ct of his target helps save him a lot of fire. You were just unlucky enough to buy one after they nerfed the uac5; that was the first and only time the 4x was ever really good.

Edited by aniviron, 10 October 2013 - 05:38 PM.